International Peace and Conflict Resolution | SIS

Faculty Research Interests

Abu-Nimer, Mohammed
Middle East, Israel Palestine, Sri Lanka, Mindanao and Philippines
Islam and Nonviolence and Peace
Interfaith dialogue
Religion and peace
Culture and Peace and Conflict Resolution
Peacebuilding and Development
Dialogue and Conflict Resolution Training

Awad, Mubarak

Nonviolence
Israel/Palestine
Youth Advocacy

Call, Charles
Post-War Peacebuilding
Governance & Reconstruction
Latin America & the Caribbean
Human Rights and Democratization
Justice and Security Sector Reform
Demilitarization
International Organizations & Peace

Fisher, Ronald

Interactive Conflict Resolution
International Mediation and Problem Solving
Applied Conflict Resolution

Groves, Joseph

Nonviolence
Social Movements

McCarthy, Colman
Literature of Peace
Nonviolence
Peace Education

Mertus, Julie

Human Rights & US Foreign Policy
Gender and Conflict
Refugees and Humanitarian Action 
Central and Eastern Europe/ The Balkans
Human Rights and Democratization
Ethics and Modern Global Problems
International Organizations & Peace
Human Rights & the Media

Said, Abdul Aziz
Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam
Transformation
U.S. Foreign Policy

Shepler, Susan
Youth and Conflict
Migration Crises and Security
Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Education and Development
NGOs and Globalization
Search for Local Solutions to Conflict

Simone, Fera

Gender and Islam
Iran

Smith, Margaret
Northern Ireland
History Teaching in Post-Conflict Societies

Wanis-St. John, Anthony
International Negotiation
Implementation Problems in Peace Processes
Civil Society and Peace Negotiation
Culture and Negotiation
Complex Adaptive Systems and Negotiation

Peacebuilding and Development Institute

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